People say the weirdest things to me all the time. Today was no exception except it bordered on bazaar. The conversation followed the introduction at the Little Gym where I introduced Jordan, Akiva and myself. The woman next to me named Efrat turned to me and said:
"Akiva, why did you name him that?"
"We have always liked the name... so that's why we named him that."
"Akiva?!! Do you know what that means?"
"Yes I do"
"You do?!! Tell me what does it mean..."
My puzzled look must have explained the following comment...
"It is a very important Rabbi, you know that? Most people don't know that"
"Yes I do."
"How do you know that, are you Jewish?"
"Yes I am. My children have Hebrew names, my other daughter is named Lior and her name is Hebrew (pointing to Jordan)"- At this point I wish I had just ended the conversation and am now kicking myself for continuing this dialogue.
"Lior, do you know what it means?"
"Yes"
"Tell me what it means"
Believe it or not she continued to badger me about the kids names until I just stopped talking to her. I am glad today was the last class at the Little Gym for some time or she might want to know what the origin of my last name is and we just do not want to go there.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
A winner
While Akiva sits on the sidelines in the bouncy seat or in the stroller the big girls have been taking full advantage of our new pool. Sydney loves when we throw her across the pool and she goes under. Lior loves dunking her head and Jordan will let us dunk her head although she is not that happy about it. I am happy because they are having fun, getting exercise and NOT sitting in front of the television.
The pool is a winner, hands down!
Eight weeks
Akiva is eight weeks old today and I am unable to formulate sentences for some reason. Maybe it is because even though he is sleeping up to ten hours at a shot I am staying up until the wee hours of the morning blogging!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Bye bye little potty
I might not need another arm, Sydney has been using the big germ infested potties the last two days! Hurray for Sydney and hurray for us, no more little potty in my diaper bag! That is until Jordan decides she is ready.
Rant about gender
You should hear some of the things people say to me on a daily basis. Just today when I was checking out at Target the cashier said "It is a good thing you finally got the boy". Does that mean that girls are not good enough? My usual reply is something like "A girl would have been good too." Believe it or not people do not get the hint and say something like "Well your husband must be thrilled you finally had a boy." Actually Matt never once said he hoped Akiva was a boy. After people tell us how happy we should be that Akiva is a boy they feel it necessary to tell us we can stop having more children because we got the boy. Believe it or not we did not get pregnant with Akiva because we wanted a boy, we wanted another happy healthy child and we got it.
When the twins were first born people would gravitate towards us because they wanted to see the twins. They would ooh and aah at them and then tell me how sorry they felt for me. Why feel sorry for me, I had two beautiful healthy little girls, why feel sorry for me? I know they were trying to be funny but eventually kids understand and hear what people say and begin to take it to heart. I never want the girls to feel that they are less because of their gender. Why am I ranting about gender today? Why not and I am sure it will not be the last time.
When the twins were first born people would gravitate towards us because they wanted to see the twins. They would ooh and aah at them and then tell me how sorry they felt for me. Why feel sorry for me, I had two beautiful healthy little girls, why feel sorry for me? I know they were trying to be funny but eventually kids understand and hear what people say and begin to take it to heart. I never want the girls to feel that they are less because of their gender. Why am I ranting about gender today? Why not and I am sure it will not be the last time.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Why I need another arm
Last Wednesday when I was out the gym I overheard a nasty comment directed at me and it bothered me. I let it go because it was not worth getting into and it was the right thing to do. Let me set the stage and let your imagination run wild.
I was at the kid's gym at the end of their class when Sydney walks over to the bathroom and says she has to go. I follow her in to the bathroom as does Lior, Jordan, and another child. Did I mention I was also nursing Akiva on my right side (I am very right handed) without a sling? As I walk into the bathroom Lior starts whipping off her clothes and climbing onto the toilet just as this other child starts heading towards the toilet and sticks her hands into the bowl. Jordan is moving the stool towards the sink saying "hands hands" and Sydney is standing by the door saying she has to pee but needs her little potty. I am trying to keep Lior from peeing on this child while I am nursing the baby and crouched down on the floor. By the time the grandparent realizes his child is in the bathroom with me he is annoyed that I did not get his kids hands out of the toilet (I guess he expected me to grow another arm to help his kid). By the time I realize what is going on Lior has dropped her pants into a puddle on the floor (thank goodness they clean the bathroom right before the girls class) and has peed right out of the toilet onto her panties. Sydney has opened up the door some kind nanny has closed for me because the grandfather did not close the door when he ran out of the room and she has turned off the light. I get Lior dressed, while begging Sydney to turn back on the light, without putting her panties back on and ignore the wet spot on the back of her pant leg and hope nobody else notices it as well. She insists on washing her hands by herself which is usually fine but the bathroom door was open and that little girl was headed back in our direction. Jordan is still running loose in the bathroom carrying the stool around so she can play with the light. I finally get everyone back into the gym just in time for the closing song and try to get Sydney into the other bathroom so I can grab her little potty. By the time we get to that bathroom, it is occupied so I put Akiva back in his baby carrier which pisses him off because he was still nursing! I start instructing the kids to get shoes on and that is when I heard it "If that woman had better control of her kids she would not have gotten her hands in there".
EXCUSE ME???!!!! If I had better control? My kids were in the bathroom with me, peeing. It was not my kid with their hands in the toilet. Maybe if he had been watching his kid instead of chatting his child would not have followed mine into the bathroom. I said nothing. I said nothing because it was the right thing to do. I said nothing because my kids were with me and it was the right thing to do. I said nothing because Sydney still had to pee and it would have only made matters worse if she was standing in a puddle so I said nothing.
I was at the kid's gym at the end of their class when Sydney walks over to the bathroom and says she has to go. I follow her in to the bathroom as does Lior, Jordan, and another child. Did I mention I was also nursing Akiva on my right side (I am very right handed) without a sling? As I walk into the bathroom Lior starts whipping off her clothes and climbing onto the toilet just as this other child starts heading towards the toilet and sticks her hands into the bowl. Jordan is moving the stool towards the sink saying "hands hands" and Sydney is standing by the door saying she has to pee but needs her little potty. I am trying to keep Lior from peeing on this child while I am nursing the baby and crouched down on the floor. By the time the grandparent realizes his child is in the bathroom with me he is annoyed that I did not get his kids hands out of the toilet (I guess he expected me to grow another arm to help his kid). By the time I realize what is going on Lior has dropped her pants into a puddle on the floor (thank goodness they clean the bathroom right before the girls class) and has peed right out of the toilet onto her panties. Sydney has opened up the door some kind nanny has closed for me because the grandfather did not close the door when he ran out of the room and she has turned off the light. I get Lior dressed, while begging Sydney to turn back on the light, without putting her panties back on and ignore the wet spot on the back of her pant leg and hope nobody else notices it as well. She insists on washing her hands by herself which is usually fine but the bathroom door was open and that little girl was headed back in our direction. Jordan is still running loose in the bathroom carrying the stool around so she can play with the light. I finally get everyone back into the gym just in time for the closing song and try to get Sydney into the other bathroom so I can grab her little potty. By the time we get to that bathroom, it is occupied so I put Akiva back in his baby carrier which pisses him off because he was still nursing! I start instructing the kids to get shoes on and that is when I heard it "If that woman had better control of her kids she would not have gotten her hands in there".
EXCUSE ME???!!!! If I had better control? My kids were in the bathroom with me, peeing. It was not my kid with their hands in the toilet. Maybe if he had been watching his kid instead of chatting his child would not have followed mine into the bathroom. I said nothing. I said nothing because it was the right thing to do. I said nothing because my kids were with me and it was the right thing to do. I said nothing because Sydney still had to pee and it would have only made matters worse if she was standing in a puddle so I said nothing.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
It's up
The pool is up, it is not perfect but it is up and running. We had a lot of fun helping Matt set it up yesterday. Matt may not have had fun because his head way going to explode between Sydney playing with the hose
and Lior trying to climb on the edges. 
Jordan went in with a regular diaper and I have never seen anything get that big! Her butt was so big she could barely walk. 
We played in the pool all day today and took the girls out when their teeth started to chatter. Matt had Sydney inside when he went to change and when she saw him drop his pants she asked him "That your penis?" He said yes and then she said "Is it cold outside?" I think Matt nearly passed out from laughing so hard. Out of the mouthes of babes.
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